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Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On The Situation In Ukraine
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
22 February “Following the decision announced by the President of the Russian Federation last night on Ukraine, I am deeply concerned that any significant escalation in military action creates a heightened risk of serious human rights violations as ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Singapore - Imminent Executions
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:36 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 15 February 2022 Subject: Singapore - Imminent executions (1) Singapore We urge the Government ... More >>
Dissolution Of Tunisia’s High Judicial Council Seriously Undermines Rule Of Law In Tunisia – Bachelet
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 7:37 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the President of Tunisia to restore the High Judicial Council, warning that its dissolution would seriously undermine the rule of law, the separation of ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTE: Afghanistan
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 6:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 1 February 2022 Subject: Afghanistan Afghanistan We are very alarmed at the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in Kabul two weeks ... More >>
Myanmar: One Year Into The Coup, Bachelet Urges Governments And Businesses To Heed Voices Of The People
Saturday, 29 January 2022, 10:02 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Myanmar: One year into the coup, Bachelet urges governments and businesses to heed voices of the people, intensify pressure on the military GENEVA (28 January 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged the international ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Myanmar; (2) Yemen
Saturday, 29 January 2022, 9:55 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 28 January 2021 Subject: (1) Myanmar ... More >>
Memory, Dignity And Justice - Bachelet On International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 7:06 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust For 27 January 2022 Today we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, a crime of shocking inhumanity that ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Burkina Faso; (2) Syria
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 6:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 25 January 2022 Subject: (1) Burkina Faso (2) Syria 1) ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Papua New Guinea’s Repeal Of The Death Penalty
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 7:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (21 January 2022) – I warmly welcome the vote by Parliament in Papua New Guinea on 20 January to repeal the death penalty. There have been no executions in Papua New Guinea since 1954 and the death penalty was abolished in 1970. However, ... More >>
Visit Of UN Expert On Human Rights In Sudan Adama Dieng Postponed
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:34 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (21 January 2022) – The first mission to Sudan by the UN Expert on Human Rights in the Sudan Adama Dieng, which was due to take place from 22 to 27 January 2022, has been postponed upon the request of the Sudanese authorities. “I have ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Sudan; (2) Yemen
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 6:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 January 2022 Subject: (1) Sudan (2) Yemen 1) Sudan The human rights situation in Sudan continues to be of serious concern, with peaceful protesters killed ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Bosnia And Herzegovina / Serbia; (2) Ethiopia
Saturday, 15 January 2022, 6:56 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 14 January 2022 Subject: (1) Ethiopia (2) Bosnia and Herzegovina /Serbia hate speech 1) Ethiopia We are alarmed by the multiple, deeply disturbing reports ... More >>
German Court’s Historic Crimes Against Humanity Finding In Syria Case Must Spur Momentum For International Justice
Friday, 14 January 2022, 7:16 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (13 January 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hailed the “historic” conviction by a German court on Thursday of a senior Syrian intelligence official. Bachelet urged other States to take on investigation and prosecution ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Tunisia
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 6:46 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 11 January 2022 Subject: Tunisia Developments in Tunisia over the past month have deepened our already serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights ... More >>
Kazakhstan Unrest: Bachelet Urges Peaceful Resolution Of Grievances
Friday, 7 January 2022, 7:27 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (6 January 2022) – Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged all, including security forces, protesters and others, to refrain from violence and to seek a peaceful ... More >>
Yemen: Joint Statement By OHCHR And UNESCO On Two Detained Staff Members
Wednesday, 29 December 2021, 6:17 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (28 December 2021) - The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, continue to be deeply concerned for the well-being of two of their staff members who were detained in early November ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Poland/Belarus Border; (2) Sudan Protests
Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 6:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 21 December 2021 Subject: (1) Poland/Belarus border (2) Sudan protests 1) Poland/Belarus border Given the continuing desperate plight of migrants and refugees ... More >>
Nada Al-Nashif UN Deputy High Commissioner For Human Rights Statement On The Grave Human Rights Situation In Ethiopia
Saturday, 18 December 2021, 6:49 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the grave human rights situation in Ethiopia Statement by Nada Al-Nashif UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 17 December 2021 Distinguished Vice-President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Viet Nam; (2) Republic Of Korea
Saturday, 18 December 2021, 6:47 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 17 December 2021 Subject: (1) Viet Nam, (2) Republic of Korea 1) Viet Nam We are deeply troubled by the harsh sentencing of human rights and land rights ... More >>
Colombia Must Urgently Reform How It Polices Protests To Avoid Further Human Rights Violations – UN Report
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 6:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/BOGOTA (15 December 2021) – The Colombian authorities should reform how protests are managed to avoid a recurrence of the loss of life and injuries seen during widespread demonstrations that started in April this year as part of a national ... More >>
